Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names
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Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names

A Virginia school board has approved a motion for two schools to revert to their Confederate names following a debate that bitterly divided a town. The Shenandoah County School Board voted 5-1 to reinstate the names of Stonewall Jackson High and Ashby-Lee Elementary in Quicksburg. Community members had been pushing for a reversal, arguing the 2020 name change was unpopular. The vote marked the first such U-turn anywhere in the US. A large crowd flocked to the school board's public...